thoughts distracting me from my history paper:
did everyone see this? “And to America, I stay to it and to its people this: I swear by God the Great, America will never dream nor those who live in America will never taste security and safety unless we feel security and safety in our land and in Palestine” (bin Laden’s concluding remarks, as translated and reported by the washington post.) rather frightening, no? yet i haven’t heard anyone talking about this. are we just not taking it seriously as a country? it sparked riots in gaza; they seem to be taking it damn seriously.
at the same time, nowhere in the speech does he technically claim responsibility for the attacks. an oversight? or is he just capitalizing on someone else’s action, trying to lasso the repercussions to begin an all-out large-scale holy war type thing on the west?
here, take your mind off it.